Asian Girl to White Guy: Maybe I would have liked it better if it were in Chinese.

Um...

I have no idea what she meant by that either but it amused me. I tried to get closer for context -- yeah, I'm curious (aka annoying) like that -- but to no avail. Exiting the theater was mayhem.

But it reminded me of a hilarious / horrifying thing I overheard a couple months back. Those following my twitter feed will have already heard this but in the airport in August I witnessed the following exchange

Excited Guy #1: Hey, did you see District 9?Less Excited Guy #2: Yeah.Guy #1: Did you like it?Guy #2: (long pause) It was good. But not good in thatIndependence Day way.

What's the last amusing or horrifying nugget you heard at the movie theater?

And while we're here, would you have liked Wild Things better in Chinese? (Although...who needs words really with that movie? Lance Acord, I love you!)*

I totally thought of you during both exchanges. We, of course, would sound exactly the same to anyone listening in on half the stuff we talk about, especially when you get us going on our favorite movie "genres."

ian... just fine. i'm not one of those people who goes nutso for voice work almost ever (I like the whole package. only in extremely rare circumstances do i think a voice performance is so brilliant it's practically the full thing) but I did like the acting overall.

Oh my lord, I heard this one right outside the first showing in my area of "The Dark Knight"...

GIRL 1: I just don't get it... Is the title referring to The Joker or Batman?GIRL 2: You're so stupid, it's neither. It's just the name of the movie.GIRL 1: Ugh, you know what I really don't like about Batman?

The Vanity Fair exhibit in Toronto was packed. A few were looking at a picture of great directors, Scorsese, Coppola, yadda. One man blurted out "Ron Howard should be in this photo, he's a great director too."

Or at work:Me: I'm excited to see (insert Oscar bait) next month.Co-worker: you know what's gonna be a good movie? Twilight.Me: *glaring in another direction, speechless.

Or after watching The Wrestler SPOLIER!:Guy: So I guess he d*es in the end?

Girl: I don't understand why she jumped twice into the fountain?Guy: Yeah, me neither, and she was dry after she jumped the first time, so quickly, and her hair was perfect...Girl: This movie is so wierd.

My absolute favorite thing I ever heard at a theatre came after the trailer for "Bratz." (Remember it? Didn't think so.)The guy sitting behind me leans over to his friend and says:"I'd rather be set on fire."

Also, the day the Oscar nominations were announced this year, I had no less than four people ask me what "Valkyrie" was nominated for. Most of them I stared at blankly, but to one I said "Why would you possibly think Valkyrie would be nominated for an Oscar?" He shrugged and said "I don't know, Tom Cruise is in it, doesn't he always win?"

Ok, it's not that horrifying considering she's not bad in the film, but a little perspective? This woman was so great to talk to and knew all the buzz, then that came out.

Of course, I say crazy stuff too, like "Max Records just edges out Sharlto Copley on my Best Actor list" or "Good Hair is the single best documentary I have seen in years," so glass houses, stones, and all of that.

Since I am the ONLY one of my friends or family that really love movies and the Oscars (sad, I know. I need new friends) then I am constantly berated with dumb comments. Such as:

After seeing The Notebook:Friend: That'll be nominated for Oscars for sure!Me: I loved it, but it's not really Oscar materialFriend: Well, maybe not for best movie but Rachel McAdams should be nominated. She should have been picked for Mean Girls... but didn't Lindsay Lohan get a nomination instead?

After leaving The Bourne Ultimatum we got into a lift with 2 guys and their dad.Guy1: ...The Bourne Fire.Guy2: The Bourne Bon.Guy1: The Bourne Jovi.and they just went on for the whole ride. I was snorting to myself in the corner.

I was honestly aghast when I heard that the audience I saw Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen APPLAUDED after the end credits came up.

Afterwards, in the hallway outside the theater, I heard a trio of persons (two guys and a girl) discuss the film and they didn't like it. One guy actually said he fell asleep and the other guy was messing with him, saying that Megan Fox's character got killed and that Optimus Prime stayed dead as well. I think Guy #1 bought it while the Girl said nothing whatsoever (presumably laughing in her head). It was... odd, and amusing at the same time.

My second time seeing Up at a dollar theater. It's packed, full of families and children. We get to the part where Carl is looking at the scrapbook (towards the end), and it's practically silent, both onscreen and in the theater.